Well, chemk, you sure have asked a laded question! Great topic! Hope a lot of folks put in their opinions here!

I love Trad, Irish Trad in particular. There are so many groups that could be named. Some of my favorites include Danu, Altan, Teada, Beoga, Grada, FullSet. If you put me into a corner and I have to make a choice as my favorite, I would have to it it is Lunasa. They have incredible musicianship and are great to see in concert. Kevin Crawford and the boys know how to put on a great show!

Anybody else care to list their favorites?

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I've been looking at The Orthodox Celts on Youtube. Their English may be a little bit suspect, but they're a great band. Another band I discovered on Youtube is The Irish Bastards. They are a strange group, but they put plenty of energy into their performances. I'm sorry I didn't know until too late that they were playing at Temple Bar festival in Dublin a while back (they're from Germany) as I would love to have seen them live. They have a very characterful fiddler and a couple of shy, retiring dancers.

That was a great show. Glad you reommended them to me, otherwise I wouuld have probably just have shipped over them. They were one of the one of the hot buzzes around the festival. I've also been keeping an eye on CelKilt out of France-they seem to be an up and coming band- Good music and a sense of humor!